The Daily Bruin

Invite your university guests that need WiFi access to use the new Bruin-Guest wireless network. Their mobile devices (phones, tablets and laptops) can get Internet access with a pass-code sent to their phone via text or to an email address. Simply connect and register on the Bruin-Guest wireless network.

George Fox students, faculty and staff should continue to use the Bruin-Secure wireless network. The older foxpublic wireless network will be turned off this Monday, May 23.

Visit the IT WiFi webpage for more information or contact the IT Service Desk with questions.

It’s been a busy spring and commencement season. Think about the assistance you have received from colleagues. Who do you want to nominate for Employee of the Month as a way of complimenting their good work?

Think quickly – the nominations are due today (Monday) at 5 p.m. Send to Lisa Burton via email at lburton@georgefox.edu.

Sandy Gidding has moved on from the bookstore, so as a reminder to all academic administrators and faculty, any questions or concerns regarding textbooks should be directed to Mary Shumway at 1478txt@follett.com or mshumway@georgefox.edu.

You can also email Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Thank you

We will have weekly community garden gatherings each Wednesday throughout the summer. You are welcome to join as a consistent member for the summer ($10 per student, $15 per adult), or come check it out and see if you want to be involved. We work together, so you don’t have to know what you’re doing.

We share a potluck meal together each Wednesday night, so if you can, bring some dishes to eat off of, and some food to share.

Email Cherice Bock (cbock@georgefox.edu) to be put on the list to hear about events, and/or join our Facebook page.

Eleven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Program Director, Theologia (GFU Summer Theology Institute), part time
• Video Producer, Marketing Communications
• Technical Director, Department of English and Theatre
• Financial Aid Counselor
• Records Specialist, Registrar
• Administrative Assistant, School of Physical Therapy
• Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
• Groundskeeper III/Irrigation Technician
• MBA and DBA Program Coordinator, College of Business
• Associate Director of Annual Giving
• Portland Facilities Coordinator

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Invite your university guests that need WiFi access to use the new Bruin-Guest wireless network. Their mobile devices (phones, tablets and laptops) can get Internet access with a pass-code sent to their phone via text or to an email address. Simply connect and register on the Bruin-Guest wireless network.

George Fox students, faculty and staff should continue to use the Bruin-Secure wireless network. The older foxpublic wireless network will be turned off this Monday, May 23.

Visit the IT WiFi webpage for more information or contact the IT Service Desk with questions.

Are you interested in having a fantastic career in the future? We want to help you get there, so please take a few minutes today to complete this survey.

Starting the fall 2016 semester, new meal plan options will be available to students. Please check out the Meal Plan Options page for detailed information about the new meal plans and our meal plan policies.

The meal plan form will be available in MyGFU, in “University Forms,” starting Wednesday, June 15. You must select your meal plan no later than June 27, 2016.

Students living on campus in the fall who do not select their meal plan by June 27 will have the lowest meal plan they are eligible for applied to their account by student life. Students living off campus who do not choose a meal plan by June 27 will be given the “No Meal Plan.”

However, students who are eligible to do so may make changes to their meal plan until Friday, Sept. 9.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office if you have any questions regarding the meal plan. She can be reached at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316.

We will have weekly community garden gatherings each Wednesday throughout the summer. You are welcome to join as a consistent member for the summer ($10 per student, $15 per adult), or come check it out and see if you want to be involved. We work together, so you don’t have to know what you’re doing.

We share a potluck meal together each Wednesday night, so if you can, bring some dishes to eat off of, and some food to share.

Email Cherice Bock (cbock@georgefox.edu) to be put on the list to hear about events, and/or join our Facebook page.

Invite your university guests that need WiFi access to use the new Bruin-Guest wireless network. Their mobile devices (phones, tablets and laptops) can get Internet access with a pass-code sent to their phone via text or to an email address. Simply connect and register on the Bruin-Guest wireless network.

George Fox students, faculty and staff should continue to use the Bruin-Secure wireless network. The older foxpublic wireless network will be turned off this Monday, May 23.

Visit the IT WiFi webpage for more information or contact the IT Service Desk with questions.

International studies has a limited number of free tickets to hear TIME magazine columnist and author Rana Foroohar speak at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m.

Foroohar is author of the book Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business. Her TIME column “The Curious Capitalist” covers global economic and political issues. The event is part of an international speaker series hosted by the World Affairs Council of Oregon.

Please email Gina Miller (gmiller@georgefox.edu) if you are interested in a ticket. Visit this link for more information about the speaker.

Marketing communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department (optional); and the chart of accounts budget to be charged. The next order will be placed on Tuesday, May 24.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in having a fantastic career in the future? We want to help you get there, so please take a few minutes today to complete this survey.

President Robin Baker’s Juniors Abroad trip to Ireland and England continued with a visit to Portsmouth, England, to see the HMS Victory and the memorials to its vice admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson. You can read about it here.

International studies has a limited number of free tickets to hear TIME magazine columnist and author Rana Foroohar speak at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Thursday, May 19, at 7 p.m.

Foroohar is author of the book Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business. Her TIME column “The Curious Capitalist” covers global economic and political issues. The event is part of an international speaker series hosted by the World Affairs Council of Oregon.

Please email Gina Miller (gmiller@georgefox.edu) if you are interested in a ticket. Visit this link for more information about the speaker.

Are you a …

• Vegetarian
• Flexitarian
• “Who-cares-itarian”

We want to know! Take Bon Appetit’s three-minute national survey about food preferences for a chance to win $50. Go to this link.

If you know someone you believe deserves special recognition for “above and beyond” kind of work, please send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by this Monday, May 23, with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa gift card at our all-community meeting later this month.

Congratulations to Stephen Howell, our April Employee of the Month!

It has been reported that there is an individual who is phishing for information and trying to sell toner over the phone. If you receive this call, please do the following:

1. Try and get his name, company name and phone number, then try and send him directly to Richard Silver.
2. If that approach does not work, tell him that Print Services takes care of toner needs.
3. Do not give out any information regarding your printer, copier or printing needs for your department.

If you have any questions concerning this incident, please feel free to contact Richard at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

End-of-the-fiscal-year deposits to be included in this year’s budget must be in finance no later than July 1, 2016. Checks dated prior to June 30 must be deposited in the current fiscal year.

Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to go to the bank. If you are taking vacation during the July 4 holiday, please send your deposits over before you leave. If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173.

Final petty cash reconciliations for this fiscal year are due in finance no later than July 8, 2016. Please remember to submit all receipts, cash and reconciliation reports before this deadline. If you will be taking vacation over the July 4 holiday, please plan ahead and send these over before you leave. If you have questions about petty cash protocols, please contact Jen Klapp at ext. 2170.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, May 18, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, Spring 2016 course sites will be hidden to students (current semester course sites will be unaffected and remain visible to students). If you want to make any of those course sites visible to students after this update, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. In the “General” section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

– Your Educational Technology Team